Dietary treatment of dyslipidaemias

Detailed and personalized dietary guidance must be given to subjects recognized as dyslipidaemic and to the parents of high-risk individuals. The diets should be hypolisocaloric with reduced intake of fats (30%) and cholesterol (250-300 mg/day) and with high intake of carbohydrate (55-60%), preferably complex. Dietary fibre intake should be at least 25 g/day.